encyclopedia
(ɪnsaɪkləpiːdiə ) also encyclopaedia
Word forms: encyclopedias
countable noun
An encyclopedia is a book or set of books in which facts about many different subjects or about one particular subject are arranged for reference, usually in alphabetical order.
This is not just a book about the origins of the modern encyclopedia.
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Collocations:
encyclopedia entry online encyclopedia
Links in this quotation have been added for this encyclopedia entry.
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She's also contributed a large number of book chapters, an encyclopedia entry, and a dozen peer-reviewed papers.
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Encyclopedia entries are longer and more detailed than those in most dictionaries.
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He has contributed numerous books, articles and encyclopedia entries on these and related topics.
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His works include nearly 30 books, a vast quantity of journal articles, and a large number of encyclopedia entries.
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The giant online encyclopedia — which has 20 million pages — fears the antipiracy moves would censor and stifle social sites.
The Sun (2012)
One example of the " open source" phenomenon is the successful online encyclopedia known as Wikipedia.
Christianity Today (2000)
Bosses at the nation's domestic intelligence agency asked the online encyclopedia to erase the piece.
The Sun (2013)
Translations:
Chinese: 百科全书
Japanese: 百科事典
- current regulations
- current situation
- current spending
- current standard
- current status
- current structure
- current study
- current subscriber
- current system
- current thinking
- current thought
- current trend
- current turmoil
- current uncertainty
- current understanding
- current valuation
- current vogue
- current wave of
- current woes
- curriculum
- curriculum change
- curriculum content
- curriculum development
- curriculum focus
- curriculum framework